The Yosemite Big Wall permit program now requires climbers to register on its most popular walls. Climber reactions are predictably mixed. Having spent many years of my life on Yosemite’s walls ...
Yosemite National Park, widely regarded as the birthplace of modern rock climbing has attracted generations of climbers seeking to scale iconic El Capitan and its famous routes. The history of ...
A new Instagram account set up by Yosemite park rangers isn’t quite the big wall climbing equivalent of a live departures app for trains or buses, but it’ll do for now. And it’s also ...
Tommy Caldwell discusses the recent national forest workers firings, working with National Geographic and more ahead of an ...
Spending time in Yosemite Valley at Yosemite National Park in California is a great introduction to this national park. But ...
Federal workers who were fired from national parks don’t know whether they’ll reclaim their jobs. In the meantime, travelers ...
El Capitan, a 3,000-foot (914-meter) wall of sheer granite and possibly ... of those who lost their jobs worked at Yosemite. Olek Chmura, a rock climber who moved to California from Ohio and ...
Climbers are still gathering ... of their friends up on the big wall as the sun hits the face of El Capitan. While taxpayers spent $32 million last year on Yosemite, about $60 million came from ...